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		<title>Vanity Plates for Preservation?</title>
		<link>http://preservationmass.org/2010/08/vanity-plates-for-preservation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EKelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Would you show your interest and support of historic preservation in Massachusetts with a vanity license plate?  Preservation Massachusetts is investigating this opportunity to promote preservation awareness in all parts of the Commonwealth.  Proceeds from the plates would go to fund the statewide Circuit Rider program that brings resources and assistance to all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roger Williams University to offer HP Masters Program</title>
		<link>http://preservationmass.org/2010/08/roger-williams-university-to-offer-hp-masters-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EKelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roger Williams University to Offer Masters in Historic Preservation Starting this Fall
Graduate degree will build on the legacy of the nation’s oldest undergraduate program in historic preservation
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In an effort to meet increasing regional demand for professionals to preserve historic buildings, communities and infrastructure, Roger Williams University, in Bristol, Rhode Island, will offer a masters of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preservation plays a role in Pittsfield&#8217;s revival</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EKelly</dc:creator>
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The art of saving a city
By David Filipov&#124; Boston Globe&#124; July 24, 2010
Pittsfield — City of art, city of funk. The SoHo of the Berkshires, the Brooklyn of the Berkshires.
The sobriquets urban planners bestow upon this bygone manufacturing hub speak of their confidence that Pittsfield can become a center of culture and entertainment on par [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Longfellow&#8217;s Rehabilitation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EKelly</dc:creator>
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A Preservation Massachusetts Most Endangered Historic Resource in 1997, the Longfellow Bridge faces preservation and other issues in its upcoming rehabilitation.

Linking cities and eras
By Eric Moskowitz&#124; Boston Globe&#124; July 25, 2010
Boston — The Longfellow Bridge spans the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge with a mix of grace and heft. Below its heavily trafficked deck, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Credit Sunset Extension Included in State FY 11 Budget</title>
		<link>http://preservationmass.org/2010/06/tax-credit-sunset-extension-included-in-state-fy-11-budget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EKelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The State&#8217;s Fiscal Year 2011 budget, finalized last night, includes an extension for the state historic rehabilitation tax credit. The tax credit, slated to end in December, 2011, is now extended to December, 2017. The language was included in Section 45 of the budget as follows:
 
SECTION 48. Section 38R of chapter 63 of the General [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Bridge to the Past: Save the Mitchell River Bridge in Chatham</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EKelly</dc:creator>
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Massachusetts&#8217; last wooden drawbridge faces uncertain future if not designated historic.

A Bridge to the Past
Editorial&#124; Cape Cod Times &#124; June 23, 2010
Chatham — The Mitchell River Bridge in Chatham is the last timber drawbridge of its kind- not just in Massachusetts, but in the entire country. The fact alone should be enough to support saving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Act Now to Help Extend our State Historic Tax Credit Program!</title>
		<link>http://preservationmass.org/2010/06/act-now-to-help-extend-our-state-historic-tax-credit-program/</link>
		<comments>http://preservationmass.org/2010/06/act-now-to-help-extend-our-state-historic-tax-credit-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ABaez</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Programs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[PM needs your help in ensuring the Massachusetts Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit will continue to benefit our Commonwealth! The program is scheduled to sunset in December, 2011, unless an provision to extend the program is included in the Massachusetts FY 2011 budget.  The Senate&#8217;s version of the budget  included a proposal to extend the credit until 2017, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop the Press! Profiles in Preservation Edition</title>
		<link>http://preservationmass.org/2010/05/stop-the-press-profiles-in-preservation-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://preservationmass.org/2010/05/stop-the-press-profiles-in-preservation-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 17:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ABaez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Locals Win Preservation Awards, From The Springfield Republican, May 17, 2010
Our view: Building on Tsongas&#8217; legacy, From The Salem News, May 12, 2010
For schooner preservationist, it&#8217;s quite an Adventure, From The Salem Gazette, May 06, 2010
Beverly resident receives Paul Tsongas Preservation Award, From the Beverly Citizen, May 04, 2010
Preservation work nets award for Schooner Adventure&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Westfield Approves CPA Funds to Preserve Whip Factory</title>
		<link>http://preservationmass.org/2010/05/westfield-approves-cpa-funds-to-preserve-whip-factory/</link>
		<comments>http://preservationmass.org/2010/05/westfield-approves-cpa-funds-to-preserve-whip-factory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 13:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ABaez</dc:creator>
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Great update on the Westfield Whip Manufacturing Company, a resource Circuit Rider Michele Barker has been working on since last summer.

Westfield to Fund Museum Study
By Ted LaBorde &#124; The Springfield Republican &#124; Online &#124; May. 05, 2010
WESTFIELD &#8211; The city plans to use some of its Community Preservation Act funding to help preserve the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cape Cod Modernism</title>
		<link>http://preservationmass.org/2010/04/cape-cod-modernism/</link>
		<comments>http://preservationmass.org/2010/04/cape-cod-modernism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ABaez</dc:creator>
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Another Icon of Modernism in Cape Cod is the Murchinson House, Provincetown.

Cape Cod Modernism &#8211; Nonprofit Opens its First Restored House 
By Judith A. Stock &#124; Preservation Nation &#124; Online Only &#124; April. 19, 2010
The landscape of outer Cape Cod is a panorama of pristine beaches, rippling sand dunes, and unconventional towns far from the [...]]]></description>
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